Cushion.



PATENT-ED APR. 14, 1908.

mlPLronrmzs FILED un 1. 190s.

INVENTG au m M ATTORNEY J UNITED sTAiIjEs A IAnrENfI OFFICE.-

rEDWARD G. BUDD, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR rro HALE-KILBURN METAL COMPANY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PENN- SYLVANIA.

CUSHION.

Patented April 14, 1908.

applicaties med nsy'i, 1906. serial No. masas.

T o all lwhom 'it may concern: Be it known that I, EDWARD G. BUDD, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State-of Pennsylvania, have invented certain `new and useful Improvements in Cushions,

of which the following is a specification. f This invention relates to cushions and has reference more particularly to those of the ,tyge commonly employed in car-seats.

q ob'ect of the invention is to provide -acushion aving a metallic frame the parts of which are so formed as to give the desired curvature to the surface material of the 1 6 cushion.

Y one of Whichis bent to form the top and end flange is curved relatively to the plane of the y members so as to rovide rounded corners at the top of the cus ion. To each of the end members ofthe rectangularframe so formed, l secure a sheet-metal form-piece and this piece is so constructed as to give to the coverin material of the cushion the shape desire for the completed cushion. the cushion iste be used as a scat-cushion or asa back-'cushion in a car-seat of the .turnover type, each of these form-pieces is so constructed that one edge thereof can be readily secured to an end member oflthe ramendat the other edge a 'flange is provided turned inwardly of the frame. lf the cushion i'sto be used as a back-cushion for a seat of the Walkover type, each of the( form- 4ieces -is constructed with inwardly 4turne flanges atboth edges and is secured to the frame intermediate'of these ilanges.

In both cases the distance between the line oi.` v attachment of the form-piece to the 4frame vand thejange, or ilanges, varies throughout the-length of the formpiece so that the Cushion. ln cushions as ordinarily constructed with a surface presenting a single convex curve, 'the form-pieces will be of greatest width ata point adjacent to Athe centers thereof and will taper from their point to both ends; in cushions for the backs.

`of car-seats having a ,headerollfthe'iormraus, if.

width and will taperin both directions from this point and near the upper end will increase in width again so as to give to the covering material the small curved portion constituting the head-roll above the larger curved portion constituting the body of the cushion.

l have illustrated the preferred embodiment .of my invention in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front View of a back-cushion -for a car-seat broken away and sectioned in part; Fig. 2 is a similar View of the end Oi the cushion, Fig. 3 is a section through one end of the cushion and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, illustrating a modiiication.

Referring to vthese drawings, the cushiontrarne consists of a plurality oi sheet-metal frame-sections pressed to tbc desired form and secured together at their ends. lhe cushion illustrated is adapted for use as a back-cushion for a car-seat of the Hwalk- Over t Ype and the traine therefore consists of two ame-sections, one, indicated by the numeral 1, forming the bottom of the frame and the other, 2, bent to form the top and ends,l the bends being curved so as to provide rounded corners at the top of the cushion. ,"lhe frame-sections are so formed as to facilitate attaching the covering material thereto and this is preferably done by providing a groove in each frame section such that when they are assembled, there is a groove running around the entire periphery of the frame. ln this peripheral groove is inserted a tacking strip 3 of Wood or of some lire-proof material such as aper fiber. The strip may be held in place ily wedging it in its groove or by tacks 4 extending through holes provi/ded in the metal. In order to stiii'en the frame, l prefer to provide one Or more channeled cross-braces 5 extending across the frame and secured at their ends to the end members in any suitable manner, as by riveting them thereto. The member 1 forming the bottom of the frame and the portion of member 2 formin the top are preferably flanged inwardly of t e frame as indicated at 6 and extending acrossthe frame on both sides thereof in the cushion illustrated, but on only one side if onlfyr one side of the' cush- 7.- These sprin s are secured at their en to the ilanges y rivets 8.

Securedptoeachend of the framers a 4noeionr is to be used, are a plurality of ilat springs of the completer tallic ferm-piece 9. rl`his is preferably a l ets extending through the forni-pieces and sheet-metal punching and is pressed to the desired forni. At each edge is a Vflange l() turned inwardly of'I the t'ranie. the 'bend of the flange being a niunding one so that when the covering is drawn over it, it will lic smoothly thereon and there will be. no sharp edge. 'lhc forni-piece is secured to the traine in any suitable manner, preferably by riveting it to narrow' flanges on the fra-niesection on either side of the groove for strip 'el as shown at 1l, Fig. 3.

rl`he sha 'ie otl each of the forni pieces t) is such as will give to the ends of the completed cushion the desired curvature. Thus it will be seen trein Fig, 2 that the distance between the flanges on opposite sides of the forniiece is greatest at a point near the middle et' the length of the greatest width the piece tapers oil toward either end. When the covering material is drawn over a, forni-piece thus constlucted it will present a convex surface of' a curvature determined b that ot the flange 1t) lengthwise of the gornnpiece. rlhe curvature of the for1npieces t) is preferably somewhat less than that of flat s )rings Tso that the surface l cushion is convex both lengthwise and crosswise of the frame. When the cushion t" rante has rounded upper corners as shown in the drawings, the upper ends ot' the forni-pieces f) inay be. bent in to contorni to the curvature of and lie. close to the traine as indie-ated at 13,A Fig. 1. The covering niaterial may be secured to the fra-nie over the springs and form-pieces in any suitable inanner. ln the drawings l have shown the forni-pieces as provided with a central line of openings and when the covering material 14 is drawn taut, tacks 15 are driven through a bending-16, the covering 14 and the o venings in the torni-piece and into the taclring strip 3. The cushion, when used as a back for a car-seat, may be supported by the usual arnis 17 which may be secured to the cushion by bolts IS extending through the arms 17 and the end members of the frame and having nuts 1t) `on their inner ends,

It is obvious that when the use to which the cushion is to be put is such that only one side of the cushion is provided with a covering which is yieldiugly supported and which should have the convex curvature, the extension of the forni-piece on one side of" the traine, and the flange at the edge et' that cxtension niay be omitted. lt will also be understood thatI the curva-ture of the flanges 10 longitudinally of the t`orin-picces inay be varied according to the shape desired in the finished cushion.

Fig. 4 shows a torni of cushion construetion similar in all respects to that shown in the other figures except that instead of securing the torni-pieces to the traine by rivicee, preferably just 1 below the nnddle, an( frein this pointofi the flanges at the sides ot' the end-members of' the traine, these flanges are omitted and tat-hs 2t) additional to those for securing the covering are driven through openings in the forin-picccs and into the taching strip to hold the forms-pieces on the traine. Comparatively few of these tacks are sufficient' as when the covering is in place, it and the tache t'or securing it to the traine, hold 'the forni,a piece securely in place.

What l. claiin as new and desire to secure by lQetters Patent is: 1. ln a cushion, a rectangular metallic traine having end-members each provided with flanges at its edges turned'inwardly ot vthe t'ranie and one on either side thereof, the

connections between said fianges and the body portions of said end-members being rounding ones and the exterior'surfaces et said flanges being curved in the direction of the length of the end-members, and a covering extending over said traine and secured at its edges thereto, said covering overlying said flanges and being shaped thereby, substantially as described.

2. ln a cushion,l a rectangular metallic frame having einl-nienihers, metallic fornipieces, secured to said members and each provided with a flange turned inwardly of the traine, the connections of said flanges with the. body portions of' the forni-pieces being lrounding ones and the exterior surfaces of' the flanges being curved in the direction of the length ot the forni-pieces, and a covering extending over said traine and'secured at its edges thereto, said covering overlying said flanges and being shaped thereby, substantially as described.

3. ln a cushion, a rectangular metallic frame having endanenibers, metallic forinpieces secured to said members, each ot' said forin-pieces being provided with flanges at its edges turned inwardly of the frame and one oncither side thereof and said flanges being curved in the direction ot' the length ot the forni-pieces, and a covering extending over said f'rarne and secured at its edges thereto, said covering overlying said flanges and being shaped thereby, substantially as described.

4. In a cushion, a rectangular metallic traine consisting ot frame-members secured together at their ends, each of said incnihcrs being a. sheet-metal strip pressed into forni to provide a. groove on the outer side thereof extending lengthwise of' the member, a. taching-strip secured in the groove in `each of said nieinbcrs, ametallic forni-piece secured to the lacking-strip ou cae-h ol' the endrneinbers of' the frame, each of saidpicces having a flange at one ofI its lateral edges turned iir wardly of' the traine and curved in the direction of its length, a covering extending over said frame and overlying and shaped by said 1 freine consisting of frememe1nbers"`secured overlying and shaped' by seid ienges, entleeepoe flanges, and tacks securing theedgesof said f their lateral edges turned inwardly of 'the covering to said making-strips, Substantially frame, one on either side thereef` end curved as described. f in the direction of their lengthA e eoverinv ln a .cshion, Zar-rectangular* metallic extending over both sides of the frame en together et their ends, each of' saidfremetaeksseeurin 'the edfres of the covering t members being a Sheet-metal stri pressed .Said striis, su stentiely as described. v to provide a, groove on the outer si e thereoflmN This specifics/tion signed and witnessed extending lengthwise of the member, e taekthis 24th day of April, 1906. ing-strip 1n the groove in each of said mern- EDWARD G. BUQD. bers, a metallic form-piece secured to the Witnesses: taoking-strip in each of-.the end-members of P. T. TUCKER, the freine, said for1n-pieees having anges at M. GETZ. 

